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Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Native Title Act 1993 regarding the Native Title Representative Bodies (2006)
Mr Peter Vaughan Group Manager Land and Resources Group Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination Department of Family and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Human Rights of Older Australians
In February 2003 the Commission provided its response to the Commonwealth Government's Information Paper containing its proposals for new Commonwealth age discrimination legislation. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Information about the Amicus Curiae role
The Commissioners of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission have the function of assisting the Federal Court or Federal Magistrates Service as amicus curiae in discrimination matters. An amicus curiae is a "friend to the court" who assists the court on points of law in a particular case. Amicus are generally not parties to the proceedings, do not file pleadings or lead… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
WORK AND FAMILY TEST CASE: Submission
Explore a work and family test case in relation to indirect sex discrimination made in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice15 March 2024Speech
The Rule of Law and Aboriginal Incarceration
Practical Human Rights Governance Symposium Series Curtin University Law School Human Rights Day Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, Australian Human Rights Commission Acknowledgements Thank you to Professor Robert Cunningham, Dean and Head of Curtin Law School, for this invitation to speak today. I am sorry that border closures and diary conflicts on this hugely significant… -
Commission – General23 October 2017Publication
Annual Report 2016-2017
This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2016–17 financial year. This year has been challenging and rewarding for the Commission. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice25 June 2019Media Release
Hear Us, See Us exhibition launched at UN Human Rights Council
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO has launched the Hear Us, See Us exhibition at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. The exhibition includes photos and videos of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls who took part in national consultations for the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) project -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
Statement to the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights
On behalf of the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (hereafter referred to as the Commission), I welcome the opportunity to make this statement. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
125th anniversary of the Law Society of South Australia.
Today, on its 125th anniversary, we celebrate the very considerable achievements of the Law Society of South Australia. This is an occasion to reflect on these past successes, to consider their present significance, and to think about the future. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission on Migration (2007)
(a) The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) protects all people working in Australia from discrimination on the grounds of their race, colour, descent, immigrant status, or national or ethnic origin.[1] -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
President speech: Launch of NGO Guidelines for Working with Trafficked People
I would like to begin by acknowledging the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today and pay my respects to their elders. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission on Inquiry into the Prohibition on the publication of names of children involved in criminal proceedings (2007)
“8.1 The juvenile’s right to privacy shall be respected at all stages in order to avoid harm being caused to her or him by undue publicity or by the process of labelling. 8.2 In principle, no information that may lead to the identification of a juvenile offender shall be published.” -
Commission – General14 December 2012Webpage
"Rights in Perspective" Art Competition 2006
back to 2006 Competitions "Rights in Perspective" Art Competition 2006 Winners The Rights in Perspective Art Competition 2006 closed on 1 September 2006. National Senior Art - Sara Fonseca, ‘The Cronulla beach riots’ - Queensland Winner and National Winner, Senior Category Junior Art - Bradley Carr, "Dream Home' - Tasmania Winner and National Winner, Junior category New South Wales Senior… -
Race Discrimination13 February 2019Media Release
Reconciliation Australia Barometer shows steady progress, but still work to do
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO and the Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan have welcomed today’s release of the Reconciliation Barometer. The survey conducted every two years since 2008, measures the progress of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians. Among the key findings;… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees12 September 2019Publication
Ms HM and Master YM v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)
Ms HM and Master YM v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2018] AusHRC 127 Report into arbitrary interference with family and failure to consider the best interests of the child Introduction to this inquiry This is a report setting out the findings of the Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) following an inquiry into a complaint by Ms HM and Master YM against… -
Commission – General30 August 2023Publication
Corporate Plan 2023–2024
This plan identifies the strategic and operating framework in which the Commission operates, and the actions we will take to achieve our purpose. -
Commission – General3 November 2016Publication
Annual Report 2015-2016
Also available: Complaint Statistics 2015-2016 | President’s statement This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2015–16 financial year. This year has been both a challenging and rewarding one for the Commission. We have achieved the highest conciliation rates of complaints under the four discrimination laws since our inception 30 years ago … -
Legal20 March 2023Submission
Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) makes this submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) in relation to its inquiry into Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws. -
Rights and Freedoms16 July 2019Media Release
Urgent call for Federal Government to protect 30,000 refugees and asylum seekers at risk in the community
The Australian Human Rights Commission calls on the Australian Government to make urgent changes to improve protections for approximately 30,000 refugees and asylum seekers living in the Australian community. A new report released today, Lives on hold: Refugees and asylum seekers in the ‘Legacy Caseload’, reveals the human rights situation for approximately 30,000 refugees and asylum seekers… -
Legal10 November 2023Publication
Mr VA v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2023)
Human Rights complaint report, immigration detention, arbitrary detention, safe place of detention, ICCPR
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